girl's name

Anneke

  • Origin Dutch
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,243

Scotland

#832

2008 births

Anneke is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Anneke is a name of Dutch origin.
  • Peaked in 1999, when 33 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1953.

Anneke over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

244
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Anneke by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 10
1960s 18
1970s 135
1980s 147
1990s 212
2000s 244
2010s 190
2020s (to 2023) 37

How popular is Anneke?

In 2023, Anneke was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Anneke is used

Scotland #832 3 in 2008
Canada #3,046 6 in 2023
England & Wales #5,059 4 in 2018
United States #15,465 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Anneke

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anneke also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anneke over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Anneke

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anneke — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anneke

How popular is the name Anneke?

In 2023, Anneke was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Anneke a girl's or a boy's name?

Anneke is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Anneke most popular?

Anneke peaked in 1999, when 33 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.